Kijem Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Kijem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Kijem (464) may also be a first name.
Kijem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kijem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kijem is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,220,661st most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kijem are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 395,684th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 464 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 305,427. In Cameroon Kijem is most common in: Northwest Region, where 59 percent are found, Centre Region, where 24 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 15 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kijem
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